Implement-holder.



No. 853,577. PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

' J. J. GONNELL.

IMPLEMENT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.12, 1906.

. vention, reference will be had to the accom- UNITED STATES PATENT orrrcn.

JOHN J. ooNNELL, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKYI IMPLEMENT-HOLDER.

Application filed March 12,1

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. CoNNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implement-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for use particularly by tailors and dressmakers in fitting garments.

In fitting garments on persons, there' are three articles which are generally in constant demand, and these are pins, chalk and a cutting tool of some kind, such as a knife, with which to cut basting threads. The last mentioned device is perhaps less used than the first two owing to the factthat basting threads may be broken With the hands.

The object of this invention .is to obviate the necessity of reaching for or walking" to a table or other support every time it is desired to get or deposit a pin, chalk or cutting device, or either of these, while fitting garments on persons. The way of doing this with respect to pins now generally in vogue is for the fitter to use his mouth as a pin receptacle or to stick pins in his own garments. The chalk and cutting device. are generally placed upon a table or some other receptacle when not in use. The present invention renders all of these practices unnecessary.

With the foregoing object in view my said invention consists in the novel combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter de-' scribed an more particularly pointed out in the accompanying claim.

In order to more fully describe my said inpanying drawings, in Which Figureil is a perspective view showing a form of my said invention in use on the arm of a fitter in the act of trying a garment on a person; Fig. 2, a side elevation of a form of said invention; and Fig. 3, a front elevation thereof. Y

Similar parts are indicated by similar reference numerals throughout the several k views.

In carrying out the form of. my invention herein shown, I provide a suitable pin cushion 1 and mount this upon a stamped metal plate 2 having integral wings 3 which are Specification of Letters Patent.

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bent upward and engage the sides of said cushion and retain the same on said plate. This plate has two side extensions 4 and 5 upon the upper face of which are secured respectively the pairs of spring clips 6 and 7. which are adapted to serve as reee tacles or retaining devices for utensils, sue for example as cutting device 8 and chalk 9. viously, instead of employing pairs of said clips, a single clip may. be employed for supporting each utensil. Moreover, said sprlng clips may be stamped out of the metal of the plate 2, though they are shown in the drawlngs as secured thereto by means of rivets 10 and 11..

For the purpose of supporting the plate 2 upon the arm of the fitter, I employ suitable resilient retaining means which may be readily slipped upon and removed from the arm of the fitter. In the form of my invention illustrated, I have shown as this retaining means a resilient or spring metal clip 12, riveted as at 13 to the lower face of the plate 2,

said clip having two oppositely curved resilient arms 14 and 15, which may or may not be joined together. These arms 14 and 15 are preferably bent outward at their lower ends as at 16 and 17. A device of this sort may be placed upon. the arm of the fitter as shown in Fig. 1, and when so used will be nd not only very convenient, but a great 0 saver of time and trouble. s Having thus described a form of my invention, what I claim is:

The combination with a pin cushion, of a stamped metal plate upon whichsaid cushion is mounted, said plate having a plurality of integral wings'bent to engage and retain said cushion and having side extensions to project beyond the cushion, spring clips secured to the top of said side extensions to hold utensils, and a spring clip secured to the bottom of said late, the latter clip comprising two oppositely curved resilient arms adapted to be sprung around the arm of an 1ndividual.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. CONNELL./

Witnesses:

OHAs. KERR, R. L. N ORTHCUTT. 

